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"If the ABC just wants to keep repeating and recycling these claims, well they can, but the government will continue to strenuously deny them."

Mr Morrison said he believed the navy's original assessment of the allegations, and not "what I saw last night".

"I don't find what was said last night any more credible than what was said two months ago. Nothing's moved on. I suggest the ABC should," he said.

Earlier this month an independent audit into the ABC's coverage of asylum seekers found only some isolated cases of bias.

Former 60 Minutes executive producer Gerald Stone assessed a sample of 97 stories between August 2012 and December 2013, and concluded 93 were impartial. But he did not review the ABC's coverage of the abuse claims.